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[Toxoplasma gondii IgG seroprevalence in HIV/AIDS patients]
Ozlem Altuntaş Aydın1, Hayat Kumbasar Karaosmanoğlu, Ramazan Korkusuz
1Sağlık Bakanlığı Haseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye, Turkey. ozlemaa@hotmail.com
Objective:
Our aim was to determine the Toxoplasma gondii IgG seroprevalence in HIV/AIDS patients who applied to our outpatient clinic.
Methods:
Between January 2006 and June 2010, 164 HIV/AIDS patients were tested for Toxoplasma gondii IgG antibodies by using the ELISA method.
Results:
Of the total of 164 HIV/AIDS patients, 135 were male, 29 were female with a mean age of 36 years (range: 20-72 years). 85 (52%) of cases, T. gondii IgG was evaluated positive. In addition, positive T. gondii IgG was seen in 23 of 36 patients (64%) whose count of CD4+T cell was below 100.
Conclusion:
Life threatening clinical conditions, mostly toxoplasma encephalitis, develop in cases who are T. gondii IgG seropositive with a count of CD4+ T cell lower than 100. The presence of T. gondii IgG should be investigated in all HIV infected patients due to the high risk of reactivation.
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